Panelists will review bribery enforcement during the past year, the DOJ and SEC priorities for 2020, new enforcement actions and policies in other countries including the United Kingdom, simultaneous negotiation of settlements with the DOJ, SEC, and foreign government anti-corruption agencies, and recent FCPA investigations in Asia, Europe, and South America. This highly interactive panel will focus on the skills needed to utilize existing law when presenting cases to the DOJ, SEC, and the courts, as well as providing attendees with the opportunity to get their questions answered by this panel of experts.

4:50-5:50 PM ET Skills Session 2-Sentencing and the New First Step Act Risk and Needs Assessment System

The panel will discuss the Risk and Needs Assessment System recently unveiled by the Department of Justice pursuant to the First Step Act. Depending on how defendants score under this new and complex system, they may be eligible for significant reductions in the time spent at a BOP facility. The interactive panel will discuss this new system and how it works, as well as other recent developments, and will help attendees build the skills needed for effective sentencing advocacy.

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Attendees

CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) service provides instant accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. CART service for this program is firewall-friendly and works in almost any network environment with Internet access, and is compatible with all major web browsers.